• Labour MP for Hartlepool
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government (since 28 Jun 2007)
• Entered Parliament on 30 September 2004 — Byelection
• Majority: 7,478 votes. — 255th out of 631 MPs.
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How Iain Wright voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Home Department, Trade and Industry, Education and Skills, Work and Pensions

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Railways, Recycling, Health Expenditure, Police, Northern Way

(based on written questions asked by Iain Wright and answered by departments)

Allotments (22 Jul 2008)

“I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral, South (Ben Chapman) on raising this important and increasingly relevant debate on provision for allotments. I agree wholeheartedly that allotments are valuable green spaces and that they provide many great benefits for communities. As he mentioned in his excellent contribution, they provide opportunities for people to exercise, socialise...”

Allotments (22 Jul 2008)

“My hon. Friend raises an important point. I shall contact London Councils to find out whether there is strategic, joined-up thinking about the provision of allotments in the capital. I am keen to help him in that regard. Importantly, communities can and should influence the provision of allotments in their areas. Written representations on the need for allotments can be made to a local...”

Allotments (22 Jul 2008)

“I shall mention community empowerment later, and this is a good example of a matter on which a community can hold its local authority to account by lobbying, petitioning or whatever. As we suggest in the community empowerment White Paper, there is an increasingly relevant need for allotments to be provided. I turn to departmental guidance on open spaces, which helps to support the legal...”

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• Has spoken in 47 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Is a member of 1 select committee.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 88% of votes in parliament — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 10 comments on this MP's speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 79 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Iain Wright speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 246 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 22 Jul 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* Car £3,960 (244th). Rail £5,011 (172nd).